Hobbies And Interests
Interviewing
An interview game is appropriate for either adults or kids to play to meet new people. This game eases tension of the unknown and helps groups of strangers find similarities through interviewing.
Prepare a short list of "get to know you" questions that you hand out to the group. Questions should address the participants' likes, dislikes, hobbies and goals. Throw in some funny questions such as, "what kind of dog would you be" or "what does the color green taste like."
Pass out the questions and divide the group into pairs of people who have never met. Ask each pair to interview each other and write a short paragraph about the person based on your interview. Give each pair five or six minutes to conduct an interview. Ask each pair to present their interview to the group.
Famous Person ID Game
Playing the "famous person" game encourages people to mingle and talk to each other. This game can be crafted for either kids or adults by using age appropriate famous people. Write names of famous people your group knows on large stickers. When people come into the room place one sticker on each person's back.
The game's object is to find out which celebrity or famous person you have on your back. You can only ask "yes" or "no" questions about your celebrity or famous person. For example, you could ask if your celebrity is a female or young.
Allow a certain amount of time, depending upon the group size, to encourage the participants to ask as many questions as possible and mingle with a high number of participants. Anyone who guesses their celebrity wins a small prize.
Candy Game
Everyone likes candy, so create a game that gives participants the opportunity to eat sweets while revealing something about themselves to the group.
Buy a bag of multicolored candy such as M&Ms or Skittles. Ask each participant to grab a handful of candy and sit down.
Assign a trait to each color candy. For example, red candy means favorite foods or green candy means favorite hobby.
Ask each person to tell the group something about themselves based on their pile of candy. If they have four red M&Ms, two green M&Ms and three blue M&Ms, they would tell the group four of their favorite foods, two hobbies and two of whatever trait is assigned to blue.
Use candy traits as they pertain to the situation and be creative. For example, if you are doing this game for a third grade class include traits such as favorite subject, what they liked most about second grade or what they want to learn in third grade.